Phantom Lovers comprises two lyrical novellas–With Fate Conspire and Wait!With Fate Conspire narrates how, despite the antagonism between the imperial British and the subjugated Indians, a young British magistrate is entranced by a zamindar’s daughter in Bengal. On a stormy night they elope to their planned paradise–until the Mutiny of 1857 intrudes on their lives.
A century later in London their predicament is mysteriously reflected in the turbulent fate of another Englishman and an Indian girl.Wait! is about two lovers in Rome–an Afghan academic and an Indian woman who plan an idyllic life together. Then the violent coup of April 1978 in Afghanistan forever changes their destinies and of that nation.Caught in these tempests the separated lovers in both stories defy danger and despair as they travel across strange frontiers of time and space to find their lost beloveds.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
384 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Niyogi Books |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2023-10-08 |
| ISBN |
9788196405335 |
